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Letter "M" » Mark Twain Quotes
«To be good is noble; but to show others how to be good is nobler and no trouble.»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
| About:
Goodness,
Trouble
| Keywords:
How to be Good, noble, nobler
«We despise all reverences and all objects of reverence which are outside the pale of our list of sacred things and yet, with strange inconsistency, we are shocked when other people despise and defile the things which are holy for us»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
| Keywords:
defile, defiles, inconsistencies, inconsistency, list, List of, pale, reverence, reverences, shocked, the pale
«Do your duty today and repent tomorrow»
«The miracle, or the power, that elevates the few is to be found in their industry, application, and perseverance under the prompting of a brave, determined spirit.»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
| About:
Miracles,
Power
| Keywords:
application, determined, elevates, industry, perseverance, prompt, prompting, The Industry, The Miracle
«Distance lends enchantment to the view»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
| About:
Vision
| Keywords:
enchantment, lends, The View
«My idea of our civilization is that it is a shoddy, poor thing and full of cruelties, vanities, arrogances, meannesses and hypocrisies»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
| About:
Civilization
| Keywords:
civilization, cruelties, hypocrisies, shoddy, vanities
«The first half of my life I went to school, the second half of my life I got an education.»
«A good and wholesome thing is a little harmless fun in this world; it tones a body up and keeps him human and prevents him from souring.»
«The rain is famous for falling on the just and unjust alike, but if I had the management of such affairs I would rain softly and sweetly on the just, but if I caught a sample of the unjust out doors I would drown him»
«I have made it a rule never to smoke more that one cigar at a time.»
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